Storyline:In March 1953, the Soviet Union is facing an all-changing event, as Josef Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) is dying after suffering a stroke. As soon as Stalin's death occurs, his position as secretary-general of the USSR becomes vacant, and even as the dictator fights for death, his followers behind the scenes, among them Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, intelligence chief Lawrenti Beria (Simon Russell Beale), Stalin's deputy Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor) and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (Michael Palin). The regime and the entire Soviet Union are quickly sinking into an unmanageable chaos, because the politicians are fighting for the party leadership and even Stalin's children Swetlana (Andrea Riseborough) and Vasily (Rupert Friend) interfere ...